SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Electronics Inc., a major home appliance maker in South Korea, said Thursday it will promote its premium home electronics brand LG Signature in collaboration with a group of foreign museums, ballets and opera theaters. Under terms of the agreement the company signed in October with the Pushkin State [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday the music video of “Dynamite,” K-pop sensation BTS’ latest single, will be played on its TVs displayed at retail stores worldwide as the South Korean giant strengthens its marketing with the star boy band. Starting with more than 1,400 electronics shops in South Korea, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. became the top player in the global TV and video streaming device market in the first quarter of the year, a report showed Thursday, as more people use internet video streaming services at home amid the pandemic. Samsung accounted for 14 percent of devices in use [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — After remaining relatively COVID-19 free compared to the film and music industries, the broadcasting industry at last fell prey to the resurgence of coronavirus cases in the Seoul metropolitan area. CBS Radio, a Christian broadcasting station based in Seoul, shut down its studios after a reporter who appeared on [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s presence in the global TV market is expected to drop in the second quarter of the year as the virus pandemic significantly damaged its key markets, the United States and Europe, a report showed Tuesday, while Chinese makers were projected to make a relatively quick recovery. According [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two largest electronics firms, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc., have agreed to drop complaints against each other over a TV advertisement, the country’s corporate watchdog confirmed Friday. The Fair Trade Commission said it decided not to further process the complaint cases after the two companies [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s share of the global TV market hit an all-time high in the first quarter amid an overall market fall due to the coronavirus pandemic, a market tracker said Tuesday. The South Korean tech kingpin accounted for 32.4 percent of the world TV market in terms of [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has introduced new eco-friendly packaging for its lifestyle TVs such as The Frame, The Serif, and The Sero. Samsung’s new ‘eco-packaging’ made from eco-friendly corrugated cardboard will allow customers easier recycling as well as up-cycling of the cardboard boxes for creative reuse, according to the company [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — After a brief pause, Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Electronics Inc. are set to intensify their tech battle in TVs with their latest and cutting-edge technologies, industry insiders said Wednesday. Samsung and LG were the two main players anchoring South Korea at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2020, which [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean tech giant LG Electronics Inc. eyes to cement its premium image in the U.S. TV market with OLED and 8K TV sets, the company’s officials have said. LG’s TV products — from roll-down TVs to very thin wall-mounted TVs — caught the eyes of attendees at [...]